Tuesday, September 10, 2013

[A bit of sisterly advice by guest-poster Candace Makeda Moore, MD, along with a bitch-slap for those elite American women in positions of privilege and authority who drive women toward higher education and careers and, in so doing, are condemning most of them to a lifetime of debt servitude and childlessness.]

I have read many recent articles of supposedly sisterly advice for women from people in authority. The fact that this advice comes from people who are women themselves (e.g., Sheryl Sandberg et al.) makes it sound realistic. Much of this advice does make some sense—for wealthy, good-looking and otherwise privileged women. For the rest of us, I’m afraid we are being lied to.

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Some people are prone to sleepwalking.
The zombie-fuelled idea of a sleepwalker, with arms outstretched and
eyes closed, magically avoiding contact with walls and tables, really
isn’t the way people do it. More truthfully, their eyes are open
with a level of awareness usually sufficient to avoid serious injury,
but with actions more akin to a computer program than a fully aware
individual. Many can communicate, of a fashion, but it is cursory and
stilted. It’s an appropriate metaphor when describing the
functional level of a typical citizen, compared to the fully
connected and aware pre-industrial human.